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François Chouchan

French Culture  Thu, 05/28/2009 - 13:10

Francois Chouchan will play at the LACMA Auditorium in Los Angeles for the Sundays Live Concerts with Karen Vuong Soprano and Diana Tash Mezzo-Soprano, Judith Hansen piano, Phillip Levy violin and David Low cello Program: Haydn & Mendelssohn Songs, Duets and Welsh Folksongs.

LACMA auditorium / 5905 Wilshire Blvd- Los Angeles, CA 90036


 

The Life of Mendelssohn (Musical Lives)

Peter Mercer-Taylor
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This biography of composer and pianist Felix Mendelssohn traces his development from musical child prodigy to a conductor whose influence as an advocate of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven is still felt to this day. A great deal of attention is paid to...

 

Elijah in Full Score

Felix Mendelssohn & Opera and Choral Scores
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One of the most frequently performed of all choral works, this splendid oratorio unfolds in an inspired series of solo and choral passages filled with compelling drama and rich musical symbolism. Reprinted from an authoritative German edition, complete...

 

Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jewish Lives)

Jiri Weil
Cover of Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jewish Lives)
Traces the lives of ordinary people in Nazi-occupied Prague. In this ironic pageant of crossing and recrossing lives, death wins all the battles but ultimately loses the war, defeated by the fragile flowering of courage and defiance.

 

Bach in Berlin: Nation and Culture in Mendelssohns Revival of the St. Matthew Passion

Celia Applegate
Cover of Bach in Berlin: Nation and Culture in Mendelssohns Revival of the St. Matthew Passion
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is universally acknowledged to be one of the world’s supreme musical masterpieces, yet in the years after Bach’s death it was forgotten by all but a small number of his pupils and admirers. The public rediscovered it in...

 

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words for the Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Vol. 58)

Felix Mendelssohn
Cover of Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words for the Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Vol. 58)
Contents: The Adieu * Agitation * Boat-Song * The Brook * Confidence * Consolation (Still, Still With Thee) * Contemplation * Delirium * The Departure * Duet, Op. 38, No. 6 * Elegy * The Evening Star * Faith * The Fleecy Clouds * The Flight * Folk-Song *...

 

Mendelssohn: A Life in Music

R. Larry Todd
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An extraordinary prodigy of Mozartean abilities, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a distinguished composer and conductor, a legendary pianist and organist, and an accomplished painter and classicist. Lionized in his lifetime, he is best remembered today...

 

Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 5 in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores)

Felix Mendelssohn & Music Scores
Cover of Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 5 in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores)
The "Scottish," "Italian," and "Reformation" symphonies rank among Mendelssohn's greatest works. All three of these staples of the orchestral repertoire appear here in one convenient volume, reproduced from authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel editions....